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National Law Journal

Labor Lawyers Look for Guidance in Justices' EEOC Ruling

Employers who succeed or fail in blocking an investigative subpoena by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will find the district court's decision likely to survive on appeal under a standard the U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Squire Patton Boggs Strikes Alliance With Trump's Lawyer

Michael Cohen, a personal lawyer to President Donald Trump who started his own firm two weeks ago, has agreed to form a strategic alliance with global legal giant Squire Patton Boggs.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Ex-SEC Enforcer Khuzami Foresees Changes for Whistleblowers

Few attorneys have had a career as broad and varied as Robert Khuzami's, which has ranged from private practice to federal prosecutor to bank general counsel to enforcement director at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Religious Health Systems, Facing ERISA Liability, Pin Hope on Justices

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took up an employee-retirement dispute that threatens to expose religious-affiliated, nonprofit health care systems to billions of dollars in retroactive penalties rooted in the protection of pensions.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Gorsuch Is the 'Instant-Replay Official' to Roberts the Baseball Umpire

During his 2005 confirmation hearing, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. famously likened his role to that of a baseball umpire, testifying that “it's my job to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.”
4 minute read

The Recorder

DOL Sues Google Over Failure to Provide Compensation Data

The U.S. Department of Labor announced on Wednesday that it has filed a complaint against Google Inc., claiming the company did not allow its Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs access to Google's employee compensation records as part of a compliance review, in violation of federal antidiscrimination law.
3 minute read

Law.com

Fast-food CEO and Regulation Foe Andrew Puzder Is Trump Pick for DOL Chief

Fast-food executive and attorney Andrew Puzder, expected to be President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Labor Department, is a sharp critic of Obama administration regulations whose appointment could roll back efforts to expand corporate liability and raise worker wages.
9 minute read

Law.com

Five Labor and Employment Rollbacks That May Happen Under Trump

Here are five initiatives that labor and employment counsel said could be at risk come January 2017.
6 minute read

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